Refugee Exodus

Up to 20,000 refugees poured into the border town of Mae Sot in neighboring Thailand a day after the polls, fleeing fighting in Myawaddy and Three Pagodas Pass between government forces and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA).
Thai authorities said the refugees were beginning to return home after they were given an assurance by the junta that the situation had stabilized, although reports said some fighting persisted.